Underinsured motorist coverage; Motor Vehicle Safety and Financial Responsibility Act; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-279.21(b)(4); calculation of coverage when there are multiple underinsured tortfeasors and multiple applicable UIM policies; statutory construction

civil procedure; pleading; counterclaim asserted outside statute of limitations did not relate back to plaintiff's complaint; most recent intermediate appellate court precedent controls over prior inconsistent precedent of same court

Industrial Commission determination of witness credibility; Commission did not err by concluding that Plaintiff failed to meet his burden of proving a compensable injury.

alimony modification; substantial change of circumstances; bad faith; earning capacity; N.C. Gen. Stat. 50-16.3A(b)

domestic violence protective order; legitimate purpose; substantial emotional distress; continued harassment

Permanency Planning; Legal Guardianship; Legal Custody; Juvenile; Reunification; Concurrent Plan; Due Process Clause; Fourteenth Amendment: Parent's Constitutionally Protected Status; Guardian ad Litem; Department of Social Services; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-906.1; Finding of Fact; Clear and Convincing Evidence; Conclusion of Law; De Novo; and N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-1001.

Abuse; neglect; waiver of challenge; best interests of child; clear and cogent evidence.

Department of Social Services; Guardian ad Litem; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-906.2; Visitation; Competent Evidence; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-906.1; Best Interest; Permanency Planning Hearing; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-905.1; Abuse of Discretion; and Out-of-State

Termination of parental rights; Request to waive counsel; and N.C.G.S. 7B-1101.1(a1)

3.1, neglect, disposition, reunification plan

involuntary commitment order, mental illness, dangerous to self, dangerous to others, bodily harm, pandemic

Involuntary Commitment Order; Sufficiency of Findings of Fact; Expert Witness Testimony; Preservation of Error; Hearsay

Extortion, material information in charging instruments, physical violence not required for true threats, fatal variance in proof, written findings required under N.C. Gen. Stat. 7B-2411, 7B-2501(c).

motion to dismiss appeal; interlocutory appeal from order compelling discovery; untimely discovery responses; COVID-19 court system filing extensions; Rules 33 and 34 of North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure; attorney-client and work-product doctrine objections; assertion of privileges affects substantial right

negligence, contributory negligence, JNOV, judgment notwithstanding the verdict, motion for directed verdict, damages

North Carolina Industrial Commission; workers compensation claim; timely filed claim; two-year limitation period; mental incompetency; jurisdiction; subject matter jurisdiction; employment; social security disability claim; representative payee; incompetency adjudication hearing; involuntary commitment; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-24(a); N.C. Gen. Stat. § 35A-1101; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 35A-1102; time-barred pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-50; 42 U.S.C. § 416(i).

Construction Contracts; Contract Formation; Negligence and Duty; Exclusion of Relevant Evidence; Motion in Limine; Preservation of Error; Motion for Directed Verdict; Jury Instructions

Assault with a deadly weapon intent to kill and inflicting serious injury, NCGS 14-32(a); Assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, NCGS 14-32(b); motion to dismiss; intent to kill; lesser included offense; possession of weapon of mass destruction; prior record level, NCGS 15A-1340.14(c)(4); date of offense, NCGS 15A-1340.14(c).